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    • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
      UK Government
      Johnson’s fawning to Trump will have done the UK no favours with Biden

      The prime minister fell far short of handling his relationship with the US president well

    • Friday, 11 September, 2020
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      Kim Darroch: ‘I thought it would be trial by tweet’

      Britain’s former ambassador to the US on Brexit, Boris Johnson — and the leaked Trump memo that forced him to resign

    • Sunday, 9 February, 2020
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      UK envoys ‘cannot do jobs’ as Trump leak inquiry drags on

      Diplomats frustrated by long police investigation into classified cables

    • Friday, 7 February, 2020
      UK foreign policy
      Karen Pierce appointed UK ambassador to Washington

      First woman to hold top diplomatic job replaces Kim Darroch who resigned last year

    • Friday, 24 January, 2020
      UK foreign policy
      UN envoy Karen Pierce tipped for Washington embassy job

      Career diplomat rated by PM would be Britain’s first female ambassador to US

    • Sunday, 15 December, 2019
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      Overhaul of Whitehall bureaucracy for a post-Brexit economy driven by adviser Dominic Cummings

    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
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      Senior official in US delivers stinging letter accusing own government of not being honest

    • Monday, 22 July, 2019
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      Stop attacks on civil service impartiality, say unions

      Growing concern that Whitehall has been unfairly dragged into Brexit debate

    • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
      Trump’s Iran policy ‘diplomatic vandalism’, leaked UK cables say

      Mail on Sunday ignores warning not to publish more papers from former ambassador to US

    • Saturday, 13 July, 2019
      Met says public interest is no defence for publishing leaks 

      Assistant commissioner says police support press freedom after Darroch investigation criticised

    • Saturday, 13 July, 2019
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      The ousting of Kim Darroch and Corbyn's latest travails on anti-Semitism and Brexit

      Why did the UK’s ambassador to the US decide to go?

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      News in-depth
      How a veteran UK ambassador’s position became untenable

      ‘Initially we thought it could be contained,’ says a friend of Britain’s envoy to Washington

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson tries to extricate himself from Darroch row

      Envoy’s allies say ex-foreign secretary was factor in resignation as police launch leak probe

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      Police launch criminal probe into release of Darroch cables

      ‘Turn yourself in,’ senior Met officer tells leaker, advising media not to publish more documents

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
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      US-UK relations: strains in the ‘greatest alliance’  

      Darroch affair has made Britain look like a supplicant — the latest example of appearing vulnerable abroad 

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
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      What envoy's downfall tells us about UK-US relations

      Gideon Rachman discusses the crisis in Britain's relations with the US following the…

    • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
      Boris Johnson under fire from own side over Darroch row

      Tory MPs line up to criticise No 10 contender’s actions over ambassador

    • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
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      Donald Trump is on track to splinter the west

      This new America cannot be counted on to come to your aid in a crisis

    • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
      Trump ‘bullied’ UK over ambassador’s leaked cables, says Conservative MP

      Outpouring of sympathy for Kim Darroch, who resigned after fierce criticism from US president

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
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      Johnson risks Whitehall backlash over ambassador’s downfall

      Civil servants furious after Tory frontrunner throws Darroch ‘to the wolves’

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      May keeps open option of appointing successor to Darroch

      Quick replacement could frustrate possible appointments by Johnson

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      UK foreign policy
      Boris Johnson accused of throwing US ambassador ‘under a bus’

      PM contender’s refusal to back Darroch over Trump leaks ‘a factor’ in resignation

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
      Kim Darroch’s resignation shames Boris Johnson

      The departure of the UK’s man in Washington reflects the depth of Brexit divisions

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      John Major says Darroch ‘thrown to the wolves’ over diplomatic leaks

      Former prime minister said president Trump should not play any role in selecting ambassador

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      Boris Johnson evasive on keeping Darroch as US ambassador

      Rival Hunt hits back at Trump after US president attacked envoy as ‘wacky’ and ‘pompous’

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